"idea, he changes his mind and sets about trapping the blackmailers after all. And that's it. The ending is curiously flat."" The Associate (novel) The Associate is a legal thriller by John Grisham. His 21st novel, it was published by Doubleday and released in the United States on January 26, 2009. As an idealistic graduate of Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the ""Yale Law Journal"", Kyle McAvoy has the promise of a highly successful career, although after graduation, he intends to devote three years to public service before applying for employment with a prestigious firm. His plans"
"The Associate The Associate is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and written by Nick Thiel, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, and Bebe Neuwirth, alongside Austin Pendleton and Lainie Kazan. Investment banker Laurel Ayres (Whoopi Goldberg) is a smart and single woman trying to make it up the Wall Street corporate ladder, until one day she finds out that she is passed over for a promotion, because she is a woman. Unable to face the fact that her less intelligent male protege, Frank Peterson (Tim Daly), has now become her boss, she quits"
"""[b]y criticizing ""The Associate"" for not privileging her white, male creation, the reviewers inadvertently underscore how deep the problem truly runs"" (Gates, 108). The Associate The Associate is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Donald Petrie and written by Nick Thiel, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Tim Daly, and Bebe Neuwirth, alongside Austin Pendleton and Lainie Kazan. Investment banker Laurel Ayres (Whoopi Goldberg) is a smart and single woman trying to make it up the Wall Street corporate ladder, until one day she finds out that she is passed over for a promotion, because she is a"
"The Associates (U.S. TV series) The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979–1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation. The series was produced by Paramount Television. The show was the first bonafide starring vehicle for Short and centered on a small group of young novice lawyers who worked at a Wall Street law firm. One of the creators of the series was John Jay Osborn, Jr., author of ""The Paper Chase"". Episode seven features guest star John"
"Frank attempts to land a job with the business, only to be laughed off. The film, a remake of René Gainville's 1979 French film of the same name, which, in turn, was based on Jenaro Prieto's 1928 novel ""The Partner"" The soundtrack album for ""The Associate"" was released on October 15, 1996 by Motown Records. The soundtrack features Queen Latifah, Sophie B. Hawkins, American country singer Wynonna Judd, Canadian-American recording artist Tamia, CeCe Peniston, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson (both of The B-52s), Jamaican reggae singer Patra, and Swedish musician Louise Hoffsten. ""The Associate"" opened theatrically on October 25, 1996"
"Matthew Cox Matthew Bevan ""Matt"" Cox (born July 2, 1969) is an American former mortgage broker and admitted mortgage fraudster. Cox, also an aspiring author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled ""The Associates"" in which the main character traveled the country to perpetrate a mortgage fraud similar to the one Cox ran. Cox falsified documents to make it appear that he owned properties, and then fraudulently obtained several mortgages on them for five to six times their actual worth. He acquired millions of dollars this way; estimates report the amount at between US$5 and $25 million. Cox's first conviction occurred in"
"being fed up with a giant law firm and bolting away to a less lucrative but more satisfying career is shared with ""The Associate"". The theme of a lawsuit against a giant corporation appeared in ""The Runaway Jury"", but in the present book, the corporation is vindicated and proven to have been unjustly maligned (at least on the specific drug which is the subject of the lawsuit) and the mass tort lawyers are seen as greedy and unscrupulous, ultimately bolting and leaving the protagonist's tiny Chicago firm in the lurch. Critical reviews were mixed for the book, with several opinions"
"to get a job in which he worked with his hands, so he studied sculpture at the University of South Florida, and majored in art. Cox took a job as an insurance agent after college, but his income disappointed him, and he sought out higher-paying work. Cox left his job as an insurance agent to work as a mortgage broker for a local company. While there he developed a reputation for unscrupulousness, which was heightened by his authorship of an unpublished 317-page manuscript entitled ""The Associates"". The novel's protagonist, who shares many traits in common with Cox, travels the country"
"off. The character in the manuscript then contacted lenders, and told them he owned the property outright. Cox is in prison for this same crime. Matthew Cox Matthew Bevan ""Matt"" Cox (born July 2, 1969) is an American former mortgage broker and admitted mortgage fraudster. Cox, also an aspiring author, wrote an unpublished manuscript entitled ""The Associates"" in which the main character traveled the country to perpetrate a mortgage fraud similar to the one Cox ran. Cox falsified documents to make it appear that he owned properties, and then fraudulently obtained several mortgages on them for five to six times"
"could help confirm the validity of his accusations. In 2012, White, who had gone on to serve as Hillsborough County Commissioner, was convicted of unrelated federal bribery and corruption charges and sentenced to three years in federal prison. Authorities were amazed by the similarities between Cox's actual crimes and his unpublished manuscript, ""The Associates"", which they found several years before Cox was arrested. The novel's protagonist is 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), has brown hair and blue eyes. Cox is 5 ft 6 in (168 cm), has brown hair and green eyes. Both the protagonist and Cox drove a"
"Houseman reprising his role as ""Professor Kingsfield"". The series was rerun on A&E in 1988, followed by runs on Comedy Central and TV Land in the 1990s. The Associates (U.S. TV series) The Associates is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1979–1980. The series starred Martin Short and was cancelled after nine of its thirteen episodes aired, but was nominated for two Golden Globes after its cancellation. The series was produced by Paramount Television. The show was the first bonafide starring vehicle for Short and centered on a small group of young novice lawyers who worked at a"
"The Associate (soundtrack) The Associate is the original motion picture soundtrack of the 1996 film ""The Associate"", starring Whoopi Goldberg. The soundtrack features actress and rapper Queen Latifah, Sophie B. Hawkins, American country singer Wynonna Judd, Canadian-American recording artist Tamia, CeCe Peniston, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson (both of The B-52s), Jamaican reggae singer Patra and Swedish musician Louise Hoffsten. The cover version of ""Yes We Can Can"", originally released by the American R&B girl group The Pointer Sisters as their first hit single (No.#11 on the US Hot 100) in 1973, was re-recorded for the soundtrack by Taral Hicks,"
"Affiliate (novel) Affiliate (Notes of a Radio Presenter) (Russian: ""Филиал (Записки ведущего)"") is a novel by the Russian writer Sergei Dovlatov. It was written in November 1987 in New York. The story is set in New York City in the 1980s, and then moves to Los Angeles. It is told in the first person by a man called Dalmatov, seemingly loosely based on Dovlatov himself: he is an immigrant from Russia, and an unsuccessful writer, working for the American-based Russian-language press. Dalmatov presents a programme in Russian on the radio, and is sent to Los Angeles to report on a"
"The Confidential Agent The Confidential Agent (1939) is a thriller novel by British author Graham Greene. Fueled by Benzedrine, Greene wrote it in six weeks. To avoid distraction, he rented a room in Bloomsbury from a landlady who lived in an apartment below him. He used that apartment in the novel (it's where D. hides for a day) and had an affair with the landlady's daughter. He wrote the book for money and was so displeased with his work that he wanted it published under a pseudonym. But critics took a far different view; ""The New York Times"", for example,"
"The Associates (Canadian TV series) The Associates is a Canadian television drama series that aired on CTV in 2001 and 2002. Co-creators Greg Ball and Steve Blackman pitched and sold the show to CTV at Banff Television Festival in 1999. The show features five junior associate lawyers at a Toronto law firm, played by Demore Barnes, Shaun Benson, Tamara Hickey, Gabriel Hogan and Jennie Raymond. R.H. Thomson also stars as the firm's senior partner. The show was successful in its first two years of ratings, but due to tax cutbacks from the government, the show could not continue into a"
"third season. The Associates (Canadian TV series) The Associates is a Canadian television drama series that aired on CTV in 2001 and 2002. Co-creators Greg Ball and Steve Blackman pitched and sold the show to CTV at Banff Television Festival in 1999. The show features five junior associate lawyers at a Toronto law firm, played by Demore Barnes, Shaun Benson, Tamara Hickey, Gabriel Hogan and Jennie Raymond. R.H. Thomson also stars as the firm's senior partner. The show was successful in its first two years of ratings, but due to tax cutbacks from the government, the show could not continue"
"students. As of 2018, it has raised over $300,000 for local charities. Blackman passed the bar in 1998 and worked briefly as a divorce lawyer. Unhappy as an attorney, he teamed with Greg Ball, another newly-practicing lawyer, and together they created ""The Associates"", a drama series based on their experiences as recent law school graduates. Ball and Blackman pitched and sold the series to CTV at the Banff Television Festival in 1999. When it aired, ""The Associates"" was the most expensive television series ever made in Canada. He produced 30 episodes of ""The Associates"", which aired in 2001 and 2002."
"Hunter Lewis Hunter Lewis (born October 1947) is the co-founder of Cambridge Associates LLC, a global investment firm, and author of books in the fields of economics and moral philosophy. Lewis was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA, in 1947 and graduated from Groton School and Harvard University (AB 1969). After working at the Boston Company, then one of the largest investment managers, where he became a vice president in 1972, Lewis in 1973 co-founded and served as co-chief executive and then chief executive of Cambridge Associates LLC, an investment advisor to American research universities and colleges representing over three-quarters of"
"film ""The Associate"", Whoopi Goldberg plays character Laurel Ayres who has to quickly create a fictional white man's name. She is inspired by a bottle of Cutty Sark and uses the name Robert S. Cutty. Cutty Sark is the mentioned in Gary Paulsen's young adult novel, ""The Crossing"", which tells the story of an alcoholic sergeant who helps a young boy immigrate to El Paso. Cutty Sark also features in the film ""Goodfellas"" as cases of it are transported from the back of a truck into a restaurant. Cutty Sark is drunk in ""It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"" Season 2"
"Harvest Associates with wife Birute Regine for business consulting. Together they wrote, ""The Soul at Work: Unleashing the Power of Complexity Science for Business Success"", Orion Business Books (1999), republished as ""Weaving Complexity & Business: Engaging the Soul at Work"", Texere (2000). He is a member of the Complexity Research Group at the London School of Economics. Lewin has two adult sons living in England. Roger Lewin Roger Lewin (born 1944) is a British prize-winning science writer and author of 20 books. Lewin was a staff member of ""New Scientist"" in London for nine years. He went to Washington, D.C."
"Associates located in Auckland, New Zealand. The characters include Peter Wyeth (Series 1-3), David Silesi, Joni Collins, Tim O'Connor (Series 1 and 2) and James Peabody (Series 3 and 4). Also seen were Judge Adriana Saunders, Yalena (the goofy secretary), Kees Van Dam, Ange Watson (Series 4), Sadie O'Neil (Series 2 and 3) and Matt Urlich (Series 3 and 4). The main character David Silesi (Jay Laga'aia) is a maverick lawyer who pushes the limits of the law. He will do anything for his clients and his friends. He also spends most of the show pining for his law partner"
"book, the nationality of the agent is not stated; in the film, he is Spanish. ""The Confidential Agent"" was adapted for the radio program ""Escape"" by Ken Crossen and broadcast on 2 April 1949, starring Berry Kroeger. The Confidential Agent The Confidential Agent (1939) is a thriller novel by British author Graham Greene. Fueled by Benzedrine, Greene wrote it in six weeks. To avoid distraction, he rented a room in Bloomsbury from a landlady who lived in an apartment below him. He used that apartment in the novel (it's where D. hides for a day) and had an affair with"
"Andy Albright Andy Spencer Albright (born April 16, 1964), is the Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive officer of National Agents Alliance, a motivational speaker and member of the Entrepreneurship Initiative's advisory board at North Carolina State University (N.C. State). Albright is also the author of the books ""The 8 Steps to Success"" and ""Millionaire Maker Manual"", which primarily focus on leadership and personal growth. Albright was born in Alamance County, North Carolina. After spending the next decade working as a manager in the textile industry, Albright decided to move back to the Burlington area in Alamance County. He was a"
". . . ""The Associate"" springs to angry life from time to time, but on the whole it's by the numbers, a plodding page-turner. But it's still a page-turner: Many of Grisham's legions of fans will doubtless sign up for this latest ride, eager to see how Kyle McAvoy manages to get himself out of the hole. With ideals restored, Grisham ensures, making Kyle an appealing model for our troubled new time."" Patrick Anderson of the ""Washington Post"" observed, ""Grisham has long since proved his narrative talent. His plot is highly fanciful, and he makes it easy for us to"
"2005). Articles include, among others: ""Sustainability, The Complete Concept: Environment, Healthcare, and Economy"". Hunter Lewis Hunter Lewis (born October 1947) is the co-founder of Cambridge Associates LLC, a global investment firm, and author of books in the fields of economics and moral philosophy. Lewis was born in Dayton, Ohio, USA, in 1947 and graduated from Groton School and Harvard University (AB 1969). After working at the Boston Company, then one of the largest investment managers, where he became a vice president in 1972, Lewis in 1973 co-founded and served as co-chief executive and then chief executive of Cambridge Associates LLC,"
"Partners in Crime (short story collection) Partners in Crime is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the US in 1929 and in the UK by William Collins, Sons on 16 September of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). All of the stories in the collection had previously been published in magazines (see ""First publication of stories"" below) and feature her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, first introduced in ""The Secret Adversary"" (1922). This collection of detective"
"The Secret Adversary The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $1.75. The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over,"
"Alan Moore's The Courtyard Alan Moore's The Courtyard is a two-issue comic book mini-series published in 2003 by Avatar Press. The comic was adapted by Antony Johnston with artwork by Jacen Burrows from a 1994 prose story by Alan Moore (credited as ""consulting editor""). Aldo Sax is an FBI agent using ""anomaly theory"", a method that correlates seemingly unrelated data into a cohesive whole, to investigate three seemingly unrelated ritual murders around the United States. His investigation leads him to a nightclub in Red Hook, Brooklyn, where he hears of a psychoactive drug called Aklo, peddled by a mysterious veiled"
"Anthony Smith (explorer) Anthony John Francis Smith (30 March 1926 – 7 July 2014) was, among other things, a writer, sailor, balloonist and former ""Tomorrow's World"" television presenter. He was perhaps best known for his bestselling work ""The Body"" (originally published in 1968 and later renamed ""The Human Body""), which has sold over 800,000 copies worldwide and tied in with a BBC television series, ""The Human Body"", known in America by the name ""Intimate Universe: The Human Body"". The series aired in 1998 and was presented by Professor Robert Winston. Smith read zoology at Balliol College, Oxford, became a pilot"
"The Apprentice (Libby novel) The Apprentice is a novel by Lewis Libby, former Chief of Staff to U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, first published in hardback in 1996, reprinted in trade paperback in 2002, and reissued in mass market paperback in 2005 after Libby's indictment in the CIA leak grand jury investigation. It is set in northern Japan in winter 1903, and centers on a group of travelers stranded at a remote inn due to a smallpox epidemic. It has been described as ""a thriller ... that includes references to bestiality, pedophilia and rape."" It is the first and only"
"Spinning Associates to become Berkshire Hathaway, which Warren Buffett purchased in 1962 and is now one of the largest companies in the world. Horatio Hathaway Horatio Hathaway (May 19, 1831 – March 25, 1898) was a New England industrialist, politician, and philanthropist and namesake of Berkshire Hathaway. Hathaway was born on May 19, 1831 to Nathaniel Hathaway and Anna (Shoemaker) Hathaway in New Bedford. Hathaway attended Phillips Andover Academy, and graduated from Harvard University in 1850. He then travelled to China on a merchant ship, spending two years away from America, participating in the China Trade. In 1859 Hathaway married"
"mentioned in ""The Adventure of the Sinister Stranger"". Partners in Crime (short story collection) Partners in Crime is a short story collection by British writer Agatha Christie, first published by Dodd, Mead and Company in the US in 1929 and in the UK by William Collins, Sons on 16 September of the same year. The US edition retailed at $2.00 and the UK edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6). All of the stories in the collection had previously been published in magazines (see ""First publication of stories"" below) and feature her detectives Tommy and Tuppence Beresford, first introduced in"
"Nancy Austin Nancy Kimball Austin (born c. 1949) is an American writer and business consultant, best known for co-writing the bestsellers ""A Passion for Excellence"" (1985) and ""The Assertive Woman"" (1975). Her books have sold approximately one million copies, and been published in seven languages. Austin was born c. 1949 in Portland, Oregon, the oldest of three children. Her parents were both from Seattle, Washington – her father was in mortgage banking, and her mother was a homemaker. Austin received a BA and 1977 MBA from UCLA, became a member of the Alpha Phi Sorority , and was affiliated with"